Bee-ing from California, that's sicko. I gots an 81 with no rust. Of course it's air cooled and primarily holds down the pavement out back. It makes a great storage shed for yard tools. tim On 5/11/06, John Bange <jbange@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 5/11/06, J Tassone <jtassone@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > Here's the link... > > > > http://boston.craigslist.org/car/159173155.html > > > > It needs some work. > > > Yeah, I'll say. I notice a little paint bubbling around the outlets and at > the seams. As one memorable vanagon listing on ebay once said, "this is > normal" ;) > > "spare is one of the original tires, hardly used." > > Man, if it's one of the factory Conti's, at this point it's not so much a > "spare" as it is an "artifact". > > "179,000 miles (engine actually has only 168,000)" > > I'd love to hear the story behind THAT. Did they manage to blow up the > factory engine at only 11K miles? Or do they now know every AAA tow truck > driver east of the mississippi? Maybe they have a big diesel pusher and it > was their "toad", but who'd want THAT? > > -- > John Bange > '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger" >
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